Border for the edges of fabrics.



No. 725,113. PATENTED APR. 14, 1903. G. W. MERROW. BORDER POR THE EDGES 0F FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1902.

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VVITNESSES- INvaNTm=1\ EYM Nrrn rains artnr triple,

GEORGE W. MERROW, OF MERROW, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO TIfllE MER- ROW MACHINE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TION OF CONNECTICUT.

BORDER l-'OR THE EDGE-S VOF FABRICS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,113, dated April 14, 1903.

Application filed June 6, 1902. Serial No. 110,543. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

'Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MERRow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merrow, Tolland county, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Borders or Finishes for the Edges of Fabrics; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to ic the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, throughout which similar lettersof reference denote like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a non-elastic but iieXible border or finish for I5 the cut or raw edges of netting or other similar open-work fabric adapted to protect and strengthen the edge and adapting the netting for use in situations requiring some strength as well as finish-a ping-pong net, for ineo stance. Furthermore, the said border is adapted to be looped at desired points to provide means whereby an article made in accordance with this invention may be readily secured to a suitable support.

2 5 Vhile the improvements forming the subject of thisinvention are adapted for use with open-work fabric in general, as well as other kinds of fabric, they are especially planned to provide a linish for netting of the charac- V3o ter mentioned, and in the drawings the said improvements are shown as thus utilized.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a portion of a net having a border of the improved construction.

lar to Fig. l, illustrating a modification of this invention. Fig. 3 is a View, on a somewhat-reduced scale, illustrating an adaptation to be presently described.

Like letters of reference in the several fig- 4o ures indicate the same parts.

In the preferred form of my invention the edge of the net is located between two tapes or sections of a doubled tape or band. The sections of tape are secured'to the net and to each other by overseam-sewing penetrating the tape near the inner edge, and the tape is extended in the form of a loop at the end or ends of the net.

The overseaming incloses the outer edges Eig. 2 is a view simi-v of the tapethat is, the edges farthest from 5o the body of the net-while near its opposite edges the tape is penetrated by the stitching, thereby not only securing the tape-sections and the net together, but also preventing the rendering or sliding of the tape with relation t0 any part of the net.

Referring to the drawings, the letter u, denotes the net, Z9 c sections of the doubled tape forming the border of the net, and d e the needle and looper threads, respectively, of 6o the overseam-sewing, a well-known and de sirable form of such sewing beingillustrated, but no particular form being essential to this invention.

In the process of furnishing the edge of the net with my improved bordera section of the tape, as at b, is fed into the machine upon the edge of the net and both are overseamed together, thus securing the tape to the edge of the net. When the end of the net is reached, 7o the overseaming is continued upon the tape alone for a suitable distance, and the net is then turned end for end and also turned over, so that the side which was uppermost when iirst passing through the machine will be underneath and the net with the tape secured to what is now the under side thereof is again introduced into the machine and the overseaming continued upon the tape and including also the net and the section of the tape which 8o was first overseamed to the edge of the net.

It will be clear that as the overseaming is continued the edge of the net will be covered and protected on either side by the tape, and all knots and loose ends of the cords forming the netrwill thereby be hiddenf from View, and the edge of the net will be suitably reinforced by the addition of two thicknesses of tape overseamed to the net and to each other, While that portion of the net which has been 9o overseamed beyond the end of the net Without including the latter forms a strong loop well adapted for handling the net or for attaching it to a handle or support. Continuing the operation to the other end of the net, overseaming a portion of the tape beyond the net, reversing and overturning the net, and continuing the overseaming, as before, until both sides of the net at the edge have been finished will complete the edges of the net and provide it with a loop at either end.

I consider it preferable to nish the raw edges at the end of the net before finishing the edges which are to be provided with loops. The ends may be finished in a manner similar to that already explained, omitting to make the loops or by cutting the tape at the corners of the net, thus going over or finishing the edge of the net twice, once on each side. The end of the net may, however, be protected and finished on both sides at one operation by folding the tape to form a binding and overseaming it upon the edge of the net at its ends, as shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 illustrates a section of netting one end of which has been finished before finishing the adjacent edge with the tape and loop.

It is preferred that the tapes embrace and that the stitches penetrate said tapes on the inner side of one of the edge cords of the net or on the inner side of the last row of knots if the net be a knotted one.

The described binding or finish serves to inclose the cut or ragged edges of the net and provides a lirm border therefor of pleasing appearance. It effectually retains the shape of the net and when formed with loops provides means whereby the net maybe conveniently secured to its support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As an improved article of manufacture, open-work material having an edge finish formed of a flexible band doubled to overlie the opposite faces of the material and to provide a loop beyond the material, overseamstitching penetrating the band near its inner or edge adjacent the material and inclosing the opposite edge, the said overseaming being also extended into the loop, substantially.

as described.

2. As al1-improved article of manufacture, open-work material having an edge finish formed of flexible bands between which the edge of the material is embraced, the said bands being formed into loops atV desired intervals and being secured to each other and to the material by overseam-stitching which penetrates the bands near their inner or edges adjacent the material and incloses the opposite edges, the said stitching being also extended into the loops, substantially as described.

3. An edge finish for fabrics consisting 0f a band secured to the fabric by overseamstitching which penetrates the band near its edge adjacent the fabric and incloses the opposite edge, the said band being extended to form loops in which loops the overseamingstitching is continued, substantially as described. i

GEORGE W. MERROW. Witnesses: i

ALONZO M. LUTHER, W. A. W. STEWART. 

